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Visitor Information: RPS House is closed until 10am Friday 17 January. 

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CREDIT: Aindreas Scholz

What's On

Find upcoming events, talks, and exhibitions from the RPS, whether at RPS House in Bristol, across the UK, or abroad.

Current Exhibition:
RPS Documentary Photography Awards

RPS Gallery | 17 January - 9 March 2025 |  Free admission | Find out more 

The Documentary Photography Awards (DPA) is organised by the Royal Photographic Society's Documentary Group. The RPS Documentary Group has run the awards (and formerly as the Documentary Photographer of the Year) for over ten years. This edition changes the focus to a broader celebration and recognition of documentary photography from around the world.

 

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CREDIT: Evan Dawson

Events

Whether in person or streamed online, we host a range of events open to everyone, including workshops, talks, and exhibitions.

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CREDIT: Robert Harvey ARPS

Online talks

Explore online talks run by the RPS and its members, from interviews with prominent photographers to presentations about recent projects or photobooks.

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CREDIT: © Emma Delves-Broughton FRPS

Workshops

Whether you're diving into photography for the first time or honing your skills, there is a range of online and in-person workshops run by the RPS and our team of qualified tutors.

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Mark Phillips FRPS
CREDIT: Mark Phillips FRPS

Distinctions

There are three levels of RPS Distinctions. Clicks the links below to apply:

one2one Portfolio Reviews
Advisory Days
Licentiate (LRPS) Assessment 
Associate (ARPS) Assessment 
Fellowship (FRPS) Assessment

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CREDIT: Lola Flash

Awards Talks

Join us for a new series of conversations with recipients of the internationally respected RPS Awards. Each month we talk to a previous recipient about their work. Tickets are free.

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CREDIT: Nicholas Constant

Exhibitions

Explore the exhibitions run by the RPS and plan your visit to Bristol. We also run open calls and touring exhibitions.

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Exhibitions

Hellscape A Dystopian Panorama 2024
CREDIT: Billy H.C. Kwok

Realms of Memory by Billy H.C. Kwok, Jay Lau & Lau Wai

Realms of Memory by Billy H.C. Kwok, Jay Lau & Lau Wai is part of the second edition of the Bristol Photo Festival. 

The archiving impulse is one that attempts to trace, document, and make sense of the world. In response to the photographic archives of Hong Kong held by the University of Bristol and the University of Hong Kong, artists Billy H.C. Kwok, Jay Lau, and Lau Wai have developed new projects that interpret the archival stories of their home city, while revealing the gaps that exist.

The works created explore how Hong Kong has always been a place of duality: real and imagined, public and private, fact and fiction, public and private. This exhibition is produced by WMA, in collaboration with the Royal Photographic Society and the Hong Kong History Centre at the University of Bristol.

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Groups, Regional Hubs & Chapters

Closed For The Night
CREDIT: Justin Cliffe ARPS

Group events

Analogue · Archaeology & Heritage · Audio Visual · Contemporary · Creative Eye · Digital Imaging · Documentary · Historical · Imaging Science · Landscape · Medical · Nature · Travel · Visual Art · Women in Photography

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Fistral Bay, Cornwall
CREDIT: Janet Haines ARPS

Regional Hub events

Central · East Anglia · East Midlands · Ireland · London · North Wales · North West · Northern · Northern Ireland · Scotland · South East · South Wales · South West · Southern · Thames Valley · Western · Yorkshire

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CREDIT: Chris Renk

International events

Benelux · Germany · India · Sri Lanka · Switzerland

 

 

If you are interested in a sold out activity, please email the event organiser so they can let you know if/when it will be run again.